Sa'id of Egypt

Sa'id of Egypt
Khedive
Pasha of Egypt and Sudan
Reign13 July 1854 – 17 January 1863
PredecessorAbbas Hilmi I
SuccessorIsma'il
Born17 March 1822
Cairo, Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Died17 January 1863 (aged 40)
Cairo, Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Hosh al-Basha, Imam-i Shafi'i Mausoleum, Cairo, Egypt
SpouseInji Hanim
Melekber Hanim
IssuePrince Muhammad Toussoun Pasha
Prince Mahmoud Toussoun Pasha
HouseAlawiyya
Father Muhammad Ali Pasha of Egypt
MotherAyn al-Hayat Qadin
ReligionSunni Islam

Mohamed Sa'id Pasha (Arabic: محمد سعيد باشا, Turkish: Mehmed Said Paşa, March 17, 1822 – January 17, 1863) was the Wāli of Egypt and Sudan from 1854 until 1863, officially owing fealty to the Ottoman Sultan but in practice exercising virtual independence. Construction of the Suez Canal began under his tenure.[1]

  1. ^ Bowen, John Eliot (1886). "The Conflict of East and West in Egypt". Political Science Quarterly. 1 (2): 295–335. doi:10.2307/2138972. JSTOR 2138972.